I'm with Frank; it looks like some sort of marine hardware/latch. Since it appears it's lying on your bench I suspect it would be installed horizontally, that is rotated 90deg clockwise, to latch a sliding panel that opens to the right. The raised portions would indicate that it rotates so the 'knob' disengages from the curved part releasing the panel. Configured as it is it could be used for either a right hand or left hand sliding panel.

If I don't win anything else I should at least be in the running for the most long winded answer! (haha)

TMS: well, time for the old WAG. Is the object the catch or latch from your Dads old tool chest, cleaned up for a repair/restoration of the old box?

Ah, would that it were. What a wonderful notion, thank you for that. Unfortunately, Pop never had a "toolchest" per se. His shop was a warren of shelving, with more horizontal space per unit volume than most libraries.

TMS: Here we go again. WAG time. BRANDT LEYTL got my first choice with thing-a-ma-bob, my second is it's a doohickey and third maybe it's a whatch-ma-callit. However thinking on all those lamb tongues maybe it is a latch for a storage space on a new "old" hall/entryway butler bench. "Who knows what lurks in the minds of men" bwaaha "the Shadow knows".

It looks like you are building a bed or a mantelpiece in your infeed post. The ability to swing the latch in either direction suggests it needs to be able to be swung in place quickly like when you are lifting something heavy and might be in an awkward position. The fact that it does not have any positive locking mechanism suggests that it relies on gravity to hold whatever it is latching in place once the latch has swung closed.

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